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brunipcHello, is there anything that I should definitely install or disable after installation to improve the security of my system?17:36
brunipcinstalling 18.04 right now17:36
diogenes_gufw17:37
tomreynnot neccessarily.17:37
tomreynbrunipc: by default, unlike other OS, ubuntu has no services listen on the network. but surely you may install such packages and then you should take measures to prevent access to them by unauthorized folks (and moreover bots) from the internet17:39
brunipcI remember a couple years ago (last time I used Linux) there used to be I think a print server running by default17:40
Spass[m]brunipc: hello, some Firefox extensions blocking tracking cookies/scripts and ads, but that's not OS-specific of course17:41
brunipchi.17:41
brunipcok, thanks a lot.17:42
Spass[m]but yeah, Gufw if you want simple firewall, ClamTk (AV) if you share your data with many Windows machines (on USB stick for example)17:42
brunipcin general, if there are no services running (and I don't intend to change that) do I need a firewall?17:43
brunipcno services listening on the network I mean17:43
tomreyni just tried to verify what i said, and i may have spoken wrong there17:45
tomreyndhclient, dnsmasq, cups, avahi-daemon are listening on udp ports bound to 0.0.0.0 here17:46
tomreynbut then this is not a freshinstallation17:46
brunipccups, that's the thing I remember17:46
tomreyncups-browsed specifically17:46
tomreynthe service which looks for printers on the web (and receives their broadcasts)17:47
tomreynor was it the web interface?17:47
tomreynsorry, i should get my facts straight17:47
brunipcno, thanks for answering my questions17:47
tomreyn       cups-browsed - A daemon for browsing the Bonjour broadcasts of shared, remote CUPS printers17:47
diogenes_brunipc, one more thing, very important one, if you experience low internet speed, change your dns to either google one or cloudflare, i prefer quad9.17:47
brunipcok, will do17:48
tomreynalso if you cannot reach some websites because your ISP blocks / redirect them17:49
tomreyni think t-online also does domain name typo redirects via dns17:49
tomreynhttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typosquatting17:50
brunipchow to i change dns to quad9?17:51
tomreynyou set their nameservers on your connection profile17:51
diogenes_brunipc, after the installation is done, reboot and come back here, we will guide you through.17:52
brunipcalright, thank you so much17:52
brunipcI'm installing on top of 14.04 i had on an old dvd and it'll be another 8 minutes for whatever is being downloaded17:53
tomreyn!14.0417:55
ubottuUbuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) was the 20th release of Ubuntu. !End-of-life was April 25th, 2019. Paid support (ESM) is available. See also !esm, !eol, !eolupgrade17:55
tomreynin fact, xubuntu was only supported until april 2017, i think17:56
brunipcyes I'm installing 18.04 right now17:59
brunipcwhich to me relief accepts my fritz wlan usb card no questions asked18:00
tomreynglad it works, sorry to hear you depend on such.18:01
brunipcIt's my mom's PC.18:02
brunipcthe specs seemed decent for $300 dollar, but it's a gaming pc kinda deal so I guess they assumed gamers use ethernet and they could save a couple bucks18:03
brunipcok, i'll reboot now, thank you so much for your help18:06
tomreynyw18:10
xubuntu51wIs it possible to use a USB Huawei mobile broadband modem on Xubuntu ? Can it just be plugged in and will be ready to use or what ?20:46
diogenes_xubuntu51w, i'm using one right now, you plug it in, wait like for a minute then click on the network icon and choose new mobile broadband connection and just follow the steps, that's it.20:52
xubuntu51wIt sounds good. I understand it was more complicated on older versions on Xubuntu/linux.20:53
diogenes_i never had any issues with it.20:54
tomreynit can depend on the very modem, i guess? i imagine some just won't work at all.20:56
diogenes_huawai works, some rtl might be troublesome.20:57
xubuntu51wI hear the system before tought it was a USB memory only and som fixes was needed to use the modem.20:58
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